Svend Glendau

Svend Glendau (12 March 1910 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.

Svend Glendau
Born
Svend Severinsen[1]

(1910-03-12)12 March 1910[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Tim præstegaard, Denmark[1][2][4][5][6][7]
Died27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 34)[7][8][9]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[7]
Resting placeRyvangen Memorial Park[7][10]
OccupationPoliceman[7][8]
Known forExecuted as member of the Danish resistance movement[7][9]
Parent(s)
Website"Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Svend Glendau (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

Biography

Svend Glendau was born in Tim Præstegaard 12 March 1910 as the fourth of eight children to parish priest Peder Severinsen and wife Ellen Victoria Carla Nielsen and baptized Svend Severinsen in Tim church on Store Bededag the same year.[1][2]

In 1913 the family moved from Tim to Bringstrup, where the father continued as a parish priest.[3][4][5][6] He was confirmed by his father in Bringstrup, on Palm Sunday in 1924.[2]

By 1930 he was no longer living with his parents and one of his six siblings had died.[6]

On 19 March 1937 he changed his name to Svend Glendau and on 5 June 1939 he formally left the Church of Denmark,[1] four months after his father had died.[11]

In 1939 he registered a phone as a journalist residing Nyhavn 39, Copenhagen.[12] The two following years he kept the phone while residing as a travel guide first at Amagertorv 10A and then Peder Skramsgade 26, Copenhagen.[13][14]

In 1943 and 1944 Glendau again registered a phone, this time as a policeman and stud.jur. residing in Kronprinsessegade 49.[15][16]

Glendau's membership of the resistance was betrayed to Gestapo by Jørgen Børge Axel Lorenzen, leader of the infamous Lorenzen Group[17] and on 13 January 1945 Glendau was arrested.[8] Lorenzen was executed in 1949 in part because of this.

On 27 February 1945 Glendau and nine other resistance members were executed[9] in Ryvangen.[7]

After his death

After the liberation an inquest in the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen determined that the cause of death was ballistic trauma.[7]

On 29 August 1945 Glendau and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where he was executed. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[7][18]

On 19 September 1947 a memorial wall in the Copenhagen Police Headquarters with the names of 157 policemen who lost their lives during the occupation including that of Glendau was inaugurated.[19]

Similarly a memorial plaque for Glendau was mounted at the police station in Antonigade 11.[19]

References
  1. "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1906-1925 (in Danish). Tim Parish. 1910. p. 9. 1.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. "Konfirmerede Drenge" [Confirmed Boys]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1892-1943 (in Danish). Bringstrup Parish. 1924. p. 23. 3.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Bringstrup. 1 February 1916. Bringstrup Mark, Nr. 1.
  4. Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Bringstrup. 1 February 1921. Bringstrup Mark, Nr. 1.
  5. Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Bringstrup. 5 November 1925. Bringstrup Mark, Nr. 1.
  6. Folketælling [Census] (in Danish). Bringstrup. 5 November 1930. Præstegaarden.
  7. "Døde Mandkøn" [Deceased Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1930-1945 (in Danish). Sankt Pauls Sogn. 1945. p. 116. 43. Død 1945, 27. Februar. Henrettet ved Skydning i Ryvangen. Ligsyn paa Retsmedicinsk Institut. Politibetjent 34 Aar
  8. "Modstandsdatabasen" [Resistance Database]. Svend Glendau (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  9. "Kampen og dens Ofre" [The fight and its victims]. Frit Danmark (in Danish). 1 March 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2015. Og som en blodig Afslutning paa Februar Maaned, der har kostet Danmark saa mange Ofre, kommer Meddelelsen om, at Tyskerne paa den næstsidste Dag i Maaneden har henrettet 10 danske Patrioter: Erik Crone, Einar Aksel Larsen, Svend Glendau, Karl Gustav Stricker, Poul Madsen, Karl Børge Sørensen, Preben Richard Christensen, Andreas Bronislaw Wadekoloff Nielsen, Preben Gylche og Harald Christensen. Det var unge Mennesker allesammen - fra 18 til 29 Aar - som har ydet en værdifuld Indsats i den aktive Frihedskamp. Deres Minde vil leve blandt os - de har givet deres Liv for Danmarks Frihed.
  10. "Det store Gravfelt - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [The large Grave field - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  11. "P. Severinsen". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  12. KTAS telefonbog (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1939. col. 810 – via Post & Tele Museum. Glendau Svend Journalist Nyhavn 39 ... Palæ 60 94
  13. KTAS telefonbog (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1940. col. 824 – via Post & Tele Museum. Glendau Svend Rejseleder Amagert. 10 A. ... Palæ 60 94
  14. KTAS telefonbog (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1941. col. 830 – via Post & Tele Museum. Glendau S Rejseleder P.Skramsg. 26 ... Palæ 49 12 X
  15. KTAS telefonbog (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1943. col. 880 – via Post & Tele Museum. Politibetj. stud.jur. Kronprinsesseg. 49 ... Palæ 23 89 V
  16. KTAS telefonbog (PDF) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab. 1944. col. 1010 – via Post & Tele Museum. Politibetj. stud.jur. Kronprinsesseg. 49 ... Palæ 23 89 V
  17. Clement (17 August 1945). "Hipo-Gruppe, der havde Mishandling af Fanger som Speciale" [HIPO group specialized in mistreatment of prisoners]. Berlingske Tidende (in Danish).
  18. "Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen" [History - Ryvangen Memorial Park] (in Danish). Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  19. "Mindetavler i Indre By" [Inner city memorial plaques]. bibliotek.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 May 2015. Svend Glendau, 1910-1945
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